breast reduction
noun[CorU]
uk/ˌbrest rɪˈdʌk.ʃən/us/ˌbrest rɪˈdʌk.ʃən/(alsobreast reduction surgery)anoperationto make thebreastssmaller:
He is acosmeticsurgeonwhospecializesinbreastreduction.
She had abreastreductionjust over ayearago.
Yearsof backpainledher toundergobreastreductionsurgery.
Synonym
reduction mammaplasty
- Breastreductionis sometimesavailableon theNHS.
- It may not bepossibletobreastfeedfollowingabreastreduction.
- Thesurgeonhascarriedout hundreds ofbreastreductionsurgeries.
Medical treatment: surgery
- a nip and tuckidiom
- ablate
- adrenalectomy
- amputation
- amputee
- anaesthesiology
- anaesthetize
- excise
- implantation
- incision
- interoperative
- intraoperative
- knife
- laminectomy
- sex reassignment surgery
- snip
- splenectomy
- spreader
- stereotactic
- transfusion